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Benchmarking Seoul traffic system

Sharjah Public Transport Corp. Director General Abdullah Al Zari tries out a transportation card on a bus in Seoul, Wednesday. He visited Seoul to learn about the city’s transportation infrastructures and urban planning. Sharjah is an emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Seoul seeks to export its technology of managing the traffic system of the capital to the Middle East. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Jul 3, 2013

Meeting with EU envoys

Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae, left, shakes hands with Thomas Kozlowski, European Union ambassador to South Korea, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, Wednesday. During the meeting with ambassadors from EU nations, Minister Ryoo explained South Korea’s policies regarding North Korea and requested their support./ Yonhap

Jul 3, 2013

Awkward encounter

North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, front, passes by South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se before a photo session at the ASEAN Regional Forum held in Brunei, Tuesday. They just shook hands without speakingto each other at a dinner gathering the previous day./ Yonhap 

Jul 2, 2013

Monsoon season kicks off

People holding colorful umbrellas walk down the streets in Seodaemun, Seoul, Tuesday, as the Korea Meteorological Administration forecast heavy rains across the nation through Tuesday./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-cheol

Jul 2, 2013

Usurers pimp out female debtors

Police arrested a group of usurers who pimped out female delinquent debtors, Incheon police said Tuesday.It booked 17 Internet broadcasters and usurers on suspicion of breaking the law regarding money lending and punishment of sex crimes.The police also booked another 77 people responsible for distributing and making money off the video clips. They are on suspicion of lending money to those who needed some one to 10 million won right away even with high interests.They gave women the ultimatum that it’s either taking the video or make repayment.The women starring in the clips went naked, and they were paid two to three million won per a clip until recuperation.The suspects set up a self-proclaimed entertainment company, and profited 1.1 billion won ($970,445) over the past 20 months, according to the police report.  

Jul 2, 2013By Lee Kyung-min
Usurers pimp out female debtors

Accident at Gwanghwamun

Firemen carry a female passenger who was injured in a bus accident near Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul, Monday. Jongno Fire Station said that 22 people sustained various injuries in the accident, where a bus hit the other parked at a bus stop as it tried avoiding a motorcycle./ Korea Times photo by Kim Jae-won

Jul 1, 2013

Largest oil tank terminal

The state-run Korea National Oil Corp. completed construction of the nation’s largest oil tank terminal in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, last Monday. The terminal consists of 35 tanks capable ofstoring a combined 8.2 million barrels./  Yonhap 

Jun 30, 2013

Ice breaking

People crush blocks of ice with hammers to get prizes frozen within the ice during an event at Shinsegae Department Store in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, Sunday. / Yonhap

Jun 30, 2013

Singer Jang marries announcer

“Trot” singer Jang Yoon-jung, right, and KBS announcer Do Kyung-wan pose during a press conference before their wedding ceremony at the 63 Building Convention Center in Seoul, Friday./ Yonhap 

Jun 28, 2013

Efficient airport

Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) CEO Sung Si-chul, left, poses with an unidentified professor of Air Transport Research Society, after Gimpo International Airport was given the Efficiency Excellence Award in Bergamo, Italy, Thursday./ Courtesy of KAC

Jun 28, 2013
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